Rising Home Prices Lead , Seattle City Council To Decide Monday On Jobs Tax and other Economy news

The economy news of 2018-05-15 on Tamugaia - Rising Home Prices Lead To Worries Of Another Housing Market Bubble, and Seattle City Council To Decide Monday On Jobs Tax.

Rising Home Prices Lead To Worries Of Another Housing Market Bubble -
Ten years after the financial crisis, the housing market is booming again. In some metropolitan areas, only 25 percent of residents can afford to buy a home. Are we in another housing bubble?...
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Seattle City Council To Decide Monday On Jobs Tax -
The council is considering a corporate head tax that Amazon and Starbucks object to. Others say rising homelessness is a consequence of wealth and fast growth — one that companies should pay for....
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Ford Truck Production Stops As Company Scrambles To Find Another Part Supplier -
Ford Motor Company is scrambling to find another supplier that can make a key part for its highest profit vehicle, the Ford F-150 pickup, after an explosion and fire at a key parts supplier. Ford has shut...
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Why Oil Prices Are At Their Highest Level In More Than 3 Years -
David Greene talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about whether oil prices are being affected by the U.S. pulling out from the Iran nuclear deal....
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Fatal Pedestrian Crashes Increasingly Involve SUVs, Study Finds -
Pedestrian deaths have spiked in the U.S. since 2010. SUVs have surged in popularity, but their design can be especially deadly for those on foot....
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How The Business Of Buying Canceled TV Show Works -
When Fox announced the cancellation...
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